Top LGBT Travel Video campaigns

As Pride events start to take place across the globe this month, US travel intelligence company Skift, has taken a look at how a few brands positioned their online video campaigns targeting LGBT travellers.

Commonly referred to as the Pink Pound or Pink Dollar, the LGBT market represents a significant share of global tourism spend, with the US its largest source. Just this year tourism spend by the LGBT market is predicted to exceed $200 billion, an eye popping figure released during the World Travel Market in London last year.

So Airlines, tourism boards, hotels, and booking tools have all prepared for the “Pride season” with campaigns that cater to this appealing market. Here’s a look at some of our favourite ones.

Several local personalities from the LGBT community talk about their inspiration and milestones of the movement. According to Skift this video generated 50 times more views than Visit Toronto’s overall 15,300 views/video average.

Expanding on the “whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” motto, the Las Vegas authority targets LGBT travellers with a clever advertorial spot entitled “The Check Out”. The video apparently garnered 45,745 views, 148 times more than their normal average of 309 views/video, attesting that a little humour does indeed go a long way.

Tourisme Montreal collaborated with LogoTV and Air Canada to create a six-part web series depicting a gay couple’s long distance relationship between Montreal and New York. Although no YouTube statistics are available, this web series is noteworthy to mention solely on the basis of its great storytelling.

“#LoveTravels” is a cohesive new campaign by hotel chain Marriott featuring eight different personal stories from across the LGBT community. The behind the scenes video for this campaign is now close to 10,000 views beating Marriott’s 2,350 views/video average by a staggering 425%!